Medicina e salute

Dr. John Fothergill and His Friends: Chapters in Eighteenth Century Life

R. Hingston Fox · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated medical historical work focusing on English physician John Fothergill. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A biographical w...

Pensees de Blaise Pascal Precedees D&Apos;Une Notice Sur Sa Vie Pur Madame Perier, Sa Soeur

1844 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Paris , Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. Cloth. A French philosophical work from child prodigy and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, in the smart gilt-decorated cloth binding. A French collection of fragments written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. ...

De la Phthisie Pulmonaire

Ld. Meessen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Gand, Librairie General De H. Hoste, 1846. Leather. A very scarce copy of this work on the causes and treatments of Pulmonary Phthisis, in the original French. French. Very scarce. A detailed medical exploration of pulmonary phthisis, which would be interpreted during the nine...

Physical Expression: Its Mode and Principles

Francis Warner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co , 1885. Cloth. A smart second edition of this thought-provoking exploration into physical expression, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.Volume II from 'The International Scientific Series&apos.In the publisher...

The Physiology of Common Life

George Henry Lewes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1859-1860. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this two-volume Victorian study of physiological theories, from the philosopher and long-term partner of George Eliot, George Henry Lewes. The first edition of this physi...

Practical Anatomy: A Manual of Dissections

Christopher Heath · 1864 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, John Churchill , 1864. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this illustrated scientific work on human anatomy by Christopher Heath, bound in half morocco. The vanishingly scarce first edition of a scarce work. Illustrated throughout with mono...

Spectacle de la Nature: Or Nature Display&Apos;D. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History, As Were Throught Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth.

Mr Humphreys · 1744 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, R. Francklin, 1744. Leather. The sixth edition of this work on natural history, translated from the original French by Mr Humphreys and bound in full calf with copper plates. The sixth edition, corrected. Bound in full calf. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece a...

The Key to Astrology, Containing a Complete System of Genethliacal Astrology; Raphael&Apos;S Medical Astrology; Raphael&Apos;S Mundane Astrology

Raphael [Robert Cross Smith] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London, W. Foulsham & Co, 1909-1910. Cloth. Three fascinating early twentieth century works on astrology, with a particular focus on the manner in which the cosmos influences health and politics. Three astrological works credited to 'Raphael', which was the pseudonym...

The Modern Practice of Physic: Or, a Method of Judiciously Treating the Several Disorders Incident to the Human Body

John Ball · 1762 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, A. Millar, 1762 . Leather. The enlarged two volume second edition of John Ball's very scarce medical work. The two volume second edition of this work, 'with large additions, and amendments&apos. Very scarce in all editions.Ball's work provides informatio...

An Introduction to the Study of Hypnotism

H. E. Wingfield · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1920 . Cloth. The second edition of Hugh Edward Wingfield's informative introduction to hypnotism. The enlarged second edition of this work, which was first published in 1910.Chapters discuss sub-consciousness, methods of the induction ...

Nights with an Old Gunner and Other Studies of Wild Life

C. J. Cornish · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , Seeley And Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition on wildfowling and wild life written by Charles John Cornish. The first edition. Very scarce.Nights With an Old Gunner and Other Stories of Wild Life is a book that explores the observation of wild...

Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea. Or, a Complete English Dispensatory

John Quincy · 1742 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

London, Thomas Longman, 1742 . Leather. A smart example of the twelfth edition of John Quincy's popular and impressively detailed materia medica. The enlarged and corrected twelfth edition of this work, which was first published in 1721.Widely used by medical professional...

Nouvi Elementi Di Medicina Operatoria

Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau; Felice de Bensis [trans.]; Salvatore de Benzi [trans.]; Achilles de Benzi [trans.] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Napoli, Dalla Tipografia del Filatre-Sebezio, 1836 . Leather. A very scarce Italian language translation of the first volume only of Velpeau's discussion of surgery. Translated from the original French into Italian by Felice de Bensis, Salvatore de Benzi and Achilles de B...

La Verite, Fusion Du Materialisme Et Du Spiritualisme [with] Code Naturel de la Morale Sociale

Armand Harembert · 1853 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Paris, Dentu, 1853-1862. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work of phrenology by Armand Harembert. With a folding plate tucked in. Two first editions of these phrenological works by Armand Harembert. With large folding plate, here found loose. The pseudoscience of phrenolo...

Encyclopedie Des Sciences Medicales Ou Triate General, Methodique Et Complet Des Diverses Branches de L&Apos;Art de Guerir

None · 1837 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Paris, Au Bureau de L'Encyclopedie, 1837. Leather. A detailed encyclopaedia on the art of healing in medicine, in the original French language. French language. An encyclopaedia of medical sciences. Includes observations of different diseases and ailments with treatment p...

These Pour le Doctorat En Medecine

L. J. E. Laguille · 1859 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Rignoux, Imprimeur de la Faculte de Medecine, 1859. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of Laguille's thesis for a doctorate in medicine, in the French language. French language. Scarce work. Author's presentation copy. A detailed thesis on Addison's diseas...

A Treatise on Dislocations and Fractures of the Joints

Sir Astley Cooper; Bransby B. Cooper [ed.] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, John Churchill, 1842. Cloth. The new edition of this fascinating medical work on fractures and dislocations of the joints by influential surgeon Astley Cooper. The new edition of this highly regarded reference work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookpl...

Notes on the Birds of Rutland

Charles Reginald Haines · 1907 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this lovely ornithological work on Rutland in the East Midlands. First edition of Notes on the Birds of Rutland by Charles Reginald Haines in the original publisher's cloth binding. An uncomm...

Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science

Thomas Joseph Pettigrew · 1838 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Fisher, Son & Co, 1838. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of portraits, this is an excellent copy of the first two volumes of Pettigrew's biographical memoirs of those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of medical science....

De Similibus Animalibus Et Animalium Calore

Georgii Martinii [George Martin] · 1740 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

Londini [London], A. Millar, 1740. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of George Martine's work of eighteenth century comparative physiology, exploring the heat of animals. In the original Latin.The very scarce first edition of this mid eighteenth centur...